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New Barge, Expansion to Khorfakkan for GPS Bunkers

"The primarily objective of the expansion is to serve the need of the clients and to achieve the volumetric targets for the company," says parent FNG Group.

12 Oct 2015

More Carrier Lines Signal End to Slow Steaming

Both APL and Zim have reportedly been touting improved transit times recently.

12 Oct 2015

ABS Releases "World's First" Guidance for SOx Scrubber Ready Vessels

The guide is intended to help "members and clients in preparing newbuilds for future outfitting with a SOx exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS).

12 Oct 2015

Panama Canal Mulls Legal Action Over Construction Troubles

Cracks discovered in an interior chamber have threatened to delay the canal's re-opening even further.

12 Oct 2015

Maersk Line Calls For More Consolidation of Container Lines

CEO Soren Skou said that growth this year has been much smaller than predicted.

12 Oct 2015

Industry Insight: Priorities to Drive Forward the Marine Industry in Today's Volatile Market

Over the past 18 months, fluctuations in oil prices have caused serious disruptions within the oil and gas marine sector.

9 Oct 2015

Notorious 1970s Canadian Shipwreck Still Leaking Bunkers

The Arrow has been temporarily patched and will be pumped of its remaining fuel.

9 Oct 2015

Innospec Warns of Increasing Risk of MGO In Colder Temperatures

U.S.-based additives firm says its Octamar Winter product was formulated to decrease pour point and cold filter plugging point of fuel.

9 Oct 2015

2015 Will See a Record Inflow of Newbuilt Tonnage: Bimco

Half of all the new ships are bound for a future on the Asia to Europe trading lane.

9 Oct 2015

MARAD Announces Over $1 Million in Funding for Two Emission-Reducing Maritime Solutions

The solutions include a LNG conversion demonstration project, as well as a modification of an on-board air pollution control device.

9 Oct 2015

Horizon Energy Group Amongst Applicants for New Mauritius Bunkering Facility

The facility would be part of a $113 million project that aims to turn Mauritius into a maritime hub for Africa.

9 Oct 2015

Dry Bulk Players Predict 2016 is "Going to be a Tough Year"

Industry players say that slowing demand for commodities and "a glut" of vessels is predicted to keep pressure on the sector well into next year.

9 Oct 2015

30 Traders, Shipowners, Charterers Face Legal Action in Denmark from OW Bunker Trustees

Trustees are said to be looking for $30 million in payments resulting from counterparties' bunker futures contracts.

9 Oct 2015

Arctic Shipping Route No Rival to Suez, Says Expert

The Chair of the Arctic Council's Marine Shipping Assessment said that it would not happen this century.

9 Oct 2015

Bunkers Firm as Crude Futures Resume Upward Trend

Brent contracts for November delivery rose 3% settling above $53.00 per barrel.

8 Oct 2015

GPS Bunkers Hails Largest Ever Single Bunker Supply Operation for Cochin

A total of 3,415 mt of IFO380 was delivered to the 2010-built 179,400 dwt bulk carrier ER Borneo, a spokesperson tells Ship & Bunker.

8 Oct 2015

Minimal Financial Gain for Majority of ECA Offenders, Data Suggests

Denmark's environmental protection agency says compliance with the January 1, 2015 0.10% sulfur cap for bunkers is "very high."

8 Oct 2015

Unmanned Vessels "Are Already a Reality"

James Fanshawe, chair of the UK's Maritime Autonomous Systems regulatory working group, says that autonomous ships are already here.

8 Oct 2015

Port of Piraeus Sale Delayed

As a result of the Greek September 20 election, the sale of the government's controlling share of the port will be postponed by "a few weeks."

8 Oct 2015

Rotterdam to Get Floating LNG-Powered Cold Ironing System by June 2017

Becker Marine Systems launched a similar system in Hamburg in 2014.

8 Oct 2015